Meet Our Team
Shell Sizemore, M.A.
Director
Women’s Center
Shell Sizemore serves as Director of the Women’s Center. In this role, she leads efforts to advance gender equity and support women at Wake Forest. Prior to coming to the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Shell served as the Director of Community Partnerships in the Office of Civic & Community Engagement at Wake Forest.
Shell has taught courses in the Education and Communication departments at Wake Forest and is a seasoned workshop facilitator who has developed and led workshops for faculty, staff, and students related to asset-based community development, intercultural communication strategies, and partnership development.
She is currently pursuing a PhD from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in Education where her research is focused on community-based education for social justice, critical community building, and the rhetorics of advocacy and activism. Shell serves on the board of HandsOn NWNC and the Centers for Exceptional Children.
Hometown: Wake Forest, NC
Hannah Rehm, B.S.
Assistant Director
Women’s Center
Hannah Rehm serves as the Assistant Director for the Women’s Center. She provides oversight of the day to day operations of the Women’s Center and supervises student assistants. In her role at the Women’s Center, she is passionate about providing resources and education surrounding women’s health and wellbeing. She currently runs the Menstrual Access Project, Women’s Health 101 workshops and is a part of the institutionalization of Deacon Doulas in collaboration with WFSOM students.
Hannah is pursuing a Masters in Health Education and Promotion from East Carolina University to study barriers of health information and care with a focus on advocacy for access for low-income and marginalized populations.
Hometown: Greensboro, NC
Zobia Akhtar, M.A.
Program Coordinator
Women’s Center
Zobia Akhtar is the Program Coordinator for the Women’s Center. She assists the Women’s Center with communication and graphic designing, and has a Masters in Counseling degree from Wake Forest.
Zobia is very passionate about gender equality, the provision of safe spaces for individuals to express themselves, and playing her part for the betterment of the world however possible.
Hometown: Karachi, Pakistan
Student Staff
Heavyn McDaniels
Student Assistant
Class of 2024
Health & Exercise Science
she/her/hers
Lexi Smith
Student Assistant
Class of 2026
French & Politics; minors in Statistics & Sociology
she/her/hers
London Springs
Student Assistant
Class of 2027
Health & Exercise Science
she/her/hers
Julietta Medina Rojas
Student Assistant
Class of 2026
Anthropology
she/her/hers
Lexine Appiah
Student Assistant
Class of 2027
Computer Science
she/her/hers
Emma Engle
Student Assistant
Class 2027
Politics & International Affairs
she/her/hers
Rute Ayalew
Student Assistant
Class of 2025
MS in Managment
she/her/hers
Natalie Bridgman
Student Assistant
Class of 2026
Biology & Neuroscience
she/her/hers
Ronny Alvarez
Student Assistant
Class of 2027
Engineering
she/her/hers